my mantra

Every morning when I begin my day, I repeat this mantra to myself: “I am a writer. I am good at this.” Over and over again.

Don’t laugh.

Being a writer is a lonely career and you rarely, if ever, have much encouragement. So I find any way I can to fight off the disheartening moments…and the seasons of just being bored to death with hearing my own voice (Yes, it happens.)

It is mentally exhausting to wrestle with words and ideas…and try to force them to line up in an orderly fashion on paper. They rebel more often than not.

And I often wonder if anyone will give a shit about anything I have to say anyway.

So yes, I have to remind myself every morning that I am good at this….that it is worth all of the headache and heartache….and that I wouldn’t be happy doing anything else….

But it’s a difficult job. It really, really is. And sometimes the only motivation I find is telling myself, “Suck it up. You can do this.”

So that’s what I do :)